Mouthpiece for cigars or cigarettes.



. Patented June 3, I902 .1. H. RAECKE. MOUTHPIEGE FOB CIGARS 0BCIGABETTESL I (Application filed. June 19,1901.

(I0 Model.)

[aiwmzfmr- 1% M M'lazeooeo I UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHANNES HERMANN RAECKE OF BRAUNSOHWE-IG, GERMANY.

MOUTHPIECE FOR oi'e- Rs ORCIGARETTES.

SPEGIFICATIOIV- forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,613, dated June3, 1902.

' Application filed M519, 1901. Serlal No. 65,171. (No model.)

To all whom, it may cm wern:

Be it known that IQ' JOHANNEs HERMANN RAECKE, a subject of the Emperorof Germany, residing at Braunschweig, Germany, have invented a certainnew and useful Imk proved Mouthpiece for {Cigars or Cigarettes,

of which the followingis'a description.

The present invention relates to a mouthpiece for cigars or cigarettes;.and it consists.

in the arrangement of a device for producing a sound or some othermusical eifect when the mouthpiece is used.

The device is constructed so that it may be set out of operationjatwill, whereupon the mouthpiece may be used in the ordinary and Fig. 6 isa cross-section on line E F of V Fig. 5.

rettes, and b a tuning-tongue for producing a sound when air is drawninto the mouthpiece, said'tongue being arranged within the boring of themouthpiece. c is a ring fitting on the exterior of the mouthpiece andprovided with a hole cl. 6 isa hole at one side of the mouthpiece, whichcorresponds normally to the said hole (Z, so that in smoking the air isdrawn througli'th'eholes d and e into the mouthpiece and acts upon theton gue,thus producing a sound. v

If the mouthpiece is to be used in the ordinary manner, the ring 0 isturned in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2, whereby the hole 6 isclosed. Thus no communication between the outer air and the interior ofthe mouthpiece can be established, and consequently the tuning-tongue isprevented from speaking.

According to'Figs. 3 .and at the tongue I) is arranged within amouthpiece f of the cigarette g. In this case the said mouthpiece f isprovided with the hole .h, which may be opened or closed bymeans of aring 0, hav ing a hole (1, in the same manner as described withreference to Figs. 1 and 2.

In Figs. 5 and 6 the mouthpiece f of the cigarette is provided withatube detachably arranged within the said mouthpiece f and carrying thetuning tongue I). The mouthpiece f as well as the tube '5 are providedwith corresponding holes k and Z, which may beoperated for the purposesabove mentioned by turning the tube 11 in a manner "similar to thatdescribed with reference to Figs. 1 and 2.

I claim as my invention- In a cigar or cigarette mouthpiece, the com- 7bination of a sound-producing tongue mount- In Figs. 1 and 2, a, isamouthpiece for ciga' ed within the mouthpiece a lateral hole in thelatter in proximity to said tongue and means for closing and opening thesaid hole at will substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

J. HERMANN BAECKE.

Witnesses: I

HANS SHiiERBnRG, JULIUS SEcKEL.

